PlayStation Network In Leap-Year Meltdown

psp83 · Mar 01, 2010, 17:12:35

http://usableurl.com/onzosam

DOH

Steve · Mar 01, 2010, 17:14:46

Hurray the millennium bug only 10 years late.

Rik · Mar 01, 2010, 17:17:02

Yippee!

Glenn · Mar 01, 2010, 17:17:32

Mine is OK

Glenn · Mar 01, 2010, 17:19:34

"If this is the reason, it will be embarrassing for Sony, though they should be able to solve the problem by releasing a 'patch'"

How do you send out a patch over the network, if the machines can't connect to it to get the update?

Rik · Mar 01, 2010, 17:22:14

I wondered that.

Steve · Mar 01, 2010, 17:24:52

Internet>PC and then usb stick. I would have thought.

Glenn · Mar 01, 2010, 17:29:18

How about if you don't have a PC? They have got to assume, that the only thing in the home with internet access, is the PS3.

Rik · Mar 01, 2010, 17:31:29

Perhaps they assume you have a friend with a PC?

psp83 · Mar 01, 2010, 17:31:31

I bet the person who caused this bug is sh*tting it at the mo!

Rik · Mar 01, 2010, 17:33:06

Japanese flagship companies are not having a good time right now, are they.

psp83 · Mar 01, 2010, 17:44:43

QuoteCiting unnamed "developers and studios", British site Develop say that the issue is affecting titles currently in production for the PlayStation 3, with debug consoles - used by developers to actually make games - thrown "into a rebooting cycle, due to an endlessly-looping error message".

If that's true then some games will be delayed and sony may get sued?

Steve · Mar 01, 2010, 17:46:55

Well mines affected the date is 31/12/1999 is there a solution before I break it.

Rik · Mar 01, 2010, 17:47:43

Not yet, it appears, Steve. I wonder if you could set your router date back a day?

psp83 · Mar 01, 2010, 17:50:45

Quote from: Steve on Mar 01, 2010, 17:46:55
Well mines affected the date is 31/12/1999 is there a solution before I break it.

QuoteUPDATE 6: Error code 8001050F was causes by a fault in the PS3's clock functionality, Sony tells Kotaku. A fix should be coming within 24 hours. Until then, stay off your console, they say. More details here. http://kotaku.com/5482811/

Steve · Mar 01, 2010, 17:55:39

The current advice is to turn it off

Gary · Mar 01, 2010, 23:17:10

I have a Phat version two years old almost, but its fine, 160GB version was not affected as it was one of the last builds of the original machine, I'm sure most people can burn a patch to a DVD, and since you really need a PC to download patches for the machine anyway most people should be fine, those that are not connected are missing out on game patches Firmware patches and the whole point of online gaming, but almost everyone knows someone with a pc these days, so its not a major issue I would think, maybe for those that cant get online Sony will send out a patch via CD as thats cheaper than USB stick or just take it to a sony centre.

Steve · Mar 02, 2010, 07:32:46

Apparently by Sony doing nothing it should now be working again.

Gary · Mar 02, 2010, 08:22:59

Quote from: Steve on Mar 02, 2010, 07:32:46
Apparently by Sony doing nothing it should now be working again.

The internal clock on those affected units after midnight would have recognised it was not 29th Febuary and caught up with themselves, that's all, I'm sure Sony will patch that issues so it wont happen next year, just glad my unit was not affected